Chapter 11
Queen of Fluff: You never cease to make me laugh. Love you girl!
Keita: Thank you! Thank you! *bows deeply*
Free2Bme (and Joe): Um.. Thanks I guess.. great to hear from you.
(you didn't leave a name): Thank you very much, I rather liked that part myself.
jazy716: Thanks. Do you not read the other story? You should, there might be a
shared joke or two that you'd only understand if you read both..
Ayani: ^_^
Clarylissa: You don't have to decide, you can like both. I wouldn't mind at all.
(you didn't leave a name): what the.. what?
(you didn't leave a name): I'm working on it! Sorry! I've been so busy w/ school!
Eclipsa Moonshadow: Thank you, thank you, thanks you.
Finally their little group reached their destination, the home of the Bloody Hawk tribe. Two riders rode out to meet them, more to see whom the intruders were than to pay their respects to visiting nobility.
Prince Roald spoke up first, smiling at the man, eyes squinted in the bright desert sun. "Hello. We're here to see my mother and Alanna."
"Of course." The man on the left said. He'd met Roald many times when he came with his mother or Alanna to stay with or simply visit the Bloody Hawk. They still did not call him 'your highness' because he was part of the tribe just as his father was.
"You'll find them well." Added the rider on the right.
About five more minutes of easy riding and they were in the camp.
Kel saw two women climbing out of a tent. One was as beautiful as a goddess, though Kel would never dare to say that out loud for fear of a real goddess's wrath. The other was a short, pretty, women who didn't look so tough. Were these ladies her new mistress and the Lioness? The first lady came up to Roald smiling.
"Roald, my darling, how are you?" Roald swung himself gracefully out of the saddle and bowed before kissing her on the cheek.
"Just fine mother. I've brought you a new lady for your adventures, though."
Kel swept the Queen her finest. "Your majesty" She murmured.
The Queen looked Kel up and down and smiled. "There needn't be titles between us, Lady Keladry. Imagine if we were in some terrible predicament and we had to waste time and breath on titles! Please call me Thayet."
"Yes, your... Thayet."
"Well, since you are here, we shall leave tomorrow for home. I've heard many good things about you Keladry." The Queen -Thayet- turned and whispered something to her son, who blushed slightly.
"Mother, if you please, could I have a word with you?"
"Of course, if you'll excuse us, Keladry?" The queen nodded, and Roald bowed slightly, before turning to enter the tent that the queen had emerged from.
"Keladry?" Said the short woman with the red hair. Kel looked over at her. "I'm Alanna." She smiled, relaxed and calm.
"Lady Alanna!" Kel bowed as grandly for the Lioness and the lady's station allowed her to. The lioness just laughed.
"Like Thayet said, you don't need to waste your breath on titles and your energy on bows for me. You'll be riding with me enough that I think you'd rather not have to give titles through gritted teeth." She was grinning broadly "I was hoping we could be friends. You seemed to get on well enough with Roald." Her eyes sparkled.
Kel, reflexively, showed no emotion on her face. "He and his knight-master were most kind to bring me here." She paused. "I would be most grateful for your friendship, lady Alanna."
"Titles!" Warned the knight, smiling. "Now, if we're going to be friends," she gestured for Kel to walk with her, "First you have to tell me what you really think of Roald." She grinned wickedly. "And then you get the misfortune of meeting my squire." She nodded to a young man grooming a horse nearby, obviously pretending that he wasn't trying as hard as he could to evesdrop.
Queen of Fluff: You never cease to make me laugh. Love you girl!
Keita: Thank you! Thank you! *bows deeply*
Free2Bme (and Joe): Um.. Thanks I guess.. great to hear from you.
(you didn't leave a name): Thank you very much, I rather liked that part myself.
jazy716: Thanks. Do you not read the other story? You should, there might be a
shared joke or two that you'd only understand if you read both..
Ayani: ^_^
Clarylissa: You don't have to decide, you can like both. I wouldn't mind at all.
(you didn't leave a name): what the.. what?
(you didn't leave a name): I'm working on it! Sorry! I've been so busy w/ school!
Eclipsa Moonshadow: Thank you, thank you, thanks you.
Finally their little group reached their destination, the home of the Bloody Hawk tribe. Two riders rode out to meet them, more to see whom the intruders were than to pay their respects to visiting nobility.
Prince Roald spoke up first, smiling at the man, eyes squinted in the bright desert sun. "Hello. We're here to see my mother and Alanna."
"Of course." The man on the left said. He'd met Roald many times when he came with his mother or Alanna to stay with or simply visit the Bloody Hawk. They still did not call him 'your highness' because he was part of the tribe just as his father was.
"You'll find them well." Added the rider on the right.
About five more minutes of easy riding and they were in the camp.
Kel saw two women climbing out of a tent. One was as beautiful as a goddess, though Kel would never dare to say that out loud for fear of a real goddess's wrath. The other was a short, pretty, women who didn't look so tough. Were these ladies her new mistress and the Lioness? The first lady came up to Roald smiling.
"Roald, my darling, how are you?" Roald swung himself gracefully out of the saddle and bowed before kissing her on the cheek.
"Just fine mother. I've brought you a new lady for your adventures, though."
Kel swept the Queen her finest. "Your majesty" She murmured.
The Queen looked Kel up and down and smiled. "There needn't be titles between us, Lady Keladry. Imagine if we were in some terrible predicament and we had to waste time and breath on titles! Please call me Thayet."
"Yes, your... Thayet."
"Well, since you are here, we shall leave tomorrow for home. I've heard many good things about you Keladry." The Queen -Thayet- turned and whispered something to her son, who blushed slightly.
"Mother, if you please, could I have a word with you?"
"Of course, if you'll excuse us, Keladry?" The queen nodded, and Roald bowed slightly, before turning to enter the tent that the queen had emerged from.
"Keladry?" Said the short woman with the red hair. Kel looked over at her. "I'm Alanna." She smiled, relaxed and calm.
"Lady Alanna!" Kel bowed as grandly for the Lioness and the lady's station allowed her to. The lioness just laughed.
"Like Thayet said, you don't need to waste your breath on titles and your energy on bows for me. You'll be riding with me enough that I think you'd rather not have to give titles through gritted teeth." She was grinning broadly "I was hoping we could be friends. You seemed to get on well enough with Roald." Her eyes sparkled.
Kel, reflexively, showed no emotion on her face. "He and his knight-master were most kind to bring me here." She paused. "I would be most grateful for your friendship, lady Alanna."
"Titles!" Warned the knight, smiling. "Now, if we're going to be friends," she gestured for Kel to walk with her, "First you have to tell me what you really think of Roald." She grinned wickedly. "And then you get the misfortune of meeting my squire." She nodded to a young man grooming a horse nearby, obviously pretending that he wasn't trying as hard as he could to evesdrop.